Paul Hinder

Roman Catholic Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Paul Hinder

OFMCap

Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia
Church| Catholic Church
See| Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia
Installed| 31 May 2011
Term ended| 2 July 2022
Predecessor| Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli
Successor| Paolo Martinelli
Other post(s)| Titular Bishop of Macon
Orders
Ordination| 4 July 1967
Consecration| 30 January 2004
by Crescenzio Sepe
Personal details
Born|

Paul Hinder

(1942-04-22) 22 April 1942 (age 81)

Bussnang, Thurgau, Switzerland

Residence| The Bishop's House
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Previous post(s)|

* Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia (2011–2022)
* Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (2005–2011)
* Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia (2003–2005)
* Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia (2020-2023)

Motto| Iustitia et Pax et Gaudium (Justice and Peace and Joy)

Ordination history of
Paul Hinder

| History

Priestly ordination

Date| 4 July 1967

Episcopal consecration

Principal consecrator| Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, OFMCap
Co-consecrators| Bishop Giuseppe De Andrea
Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, OFMCap
Date| 30 January 2004

Styles of
Paul Hinder

Reference style|

* His Excellency
* The Most Reverend

Spoken style| Your Excellency
Religious style| Bishop

Paul Hinder, OFMCap (born 22 April 1942) is a Swiss Catholic bishop. He is the Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia.[1] Bishop Hinder was previously appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop in the former Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia on 30 January 2004.[2]

## Early life[edit]

Paul Hinder was born in Bussnang, Switzerland, on 22 April 1942 to Wilhelm Hinder and Agnes Meile. He joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in 1962 and was ordained a priest on 4 July 1967. After specialized studies in canon law in Munich and Fribourg, he obtained his doctorate in theology in 1976. He was active as a professor, in the formation of young Capuchins, later as provincial in Switzerland and as General Councilor in Rome for the worldwide Capuchin Order.[3]

## Bishop[edit]

On 20 December 2003, Hinder was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia and was ordained Bishop on 30 January 2004 in Abu Dhabi. On 21 March 2005, he succeeded Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli as Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (UAE, Oman, Yemen, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia). After the Vicariate of Arabia was divided into the Northern and Southern Vicariates in 2011, Bishop Paul was appointed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (UAE, Oman, Yemen).

Hinder is a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, a consultor to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He is also a member of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions.

On 13 May 2020, he was named as The Apostolic Administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Northern Arabia (Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia). The appointment was announced through a decree and signed by Cardinal Tagle, The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.[4] On 23 January 2023, Pope Francis appointed[5] Aldo Berardi, OSST as the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia succeeding Camillo Ballin, MCCJ, who passed away on April 12, 2020.[6]

On 1 May 2022, Pope Francis[7] accepted the resignation of Hinder and appointed Paulo Martinelli OFMCap to take his place as the Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bishop Paul Hinder, OFMCap". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
2. ^ "Episcopal Ordination Of Mons. Paul Hinder, OFMCap, Auxiliary Bishop Of Arabia". L'Osservatore Romano. The Holy See. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
3. ^ "Bishop Paul Hinder OFM Cap". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
4. ^ "Bishop Paul Hinder appointed as Apostolic Administrator of AVONA". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
5. ^ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
6. ^ "Welcome to AVONA (Rev. Fr. Aldo Berardi appointed as the New Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia)". www.avona.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
7. ^ "Communique from Apostolic Nunciature in UAE: Appointment of New Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
8. ^ "Bishop Martinelli named Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

## External links[edit]

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Catholic Church titles

Preceded by

Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli

|  Apostolic Vicar of Arabia
21 March 2005 to 31 May 2011  | Position Dissolved
Position Established  |  Apostolic Vicar of
Southern Arabia
31 May 2011 to 01 May 2021  | Succeeded by

Paolo Martinelli

Preceded by

Camillo Ballin

|  Apostolic Administrator
of Northern Arabia
13 May 2020 to 28 January 2023  | Succeeded by

Aldo Berardi

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